''Leucaltis'' is a genus of
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
s belonging to the family
Leucaltidae
Leucaltidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida
Overview
The Clathrinida are an order of calcareous sponges found in marine environments. Clathrinida is a well-known non-monophyletic order under the class of calcarea, a ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Leucaltis clathria'' Haeckel, 1872
* ''
Leucaltis corticata'' (Haeckel, 1872)
* ''
Leucaltis latitubulata'' (Carter, 1886)
* ''
Leucaltis nodusgordii'' (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* ''
Leucaltis sambucus'' (Preiwisch, 1904)
* ''
Leucaltis tenuis'' Hôzawa, 1929
References
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Leucaltidae
Sponge genera